“I have seen countless people destroyed by alcohol and very few destroyed by cocaine” “You are stuck in the past”
I have seen hundreds either by alone or in combination. I have seen and I’m not stuck in the past..I’m from Boston, so naturally he came to mind. My guess is that we have been in much different environments and I have been able to see things that you haven’t.
But that’s not a reason to give you a pass. You thinking is dangerous and the ironic part is that you probably wouldn’t use it even if it was legal, but people would die because of your view.
I spent my youth in the heart of New York City. I guarantee that I’ve seen everything you have and at least ten times more.
It has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the legal status of drugs has no effect on the amount of drug use. Places like the Netherlands where drugs are legal have no more drug use than anywhere else. When Portugal legalized, drug use actually went down (due to the elimination of the “forbidden fruit” incentive).
All drug laws do is increase taxes, the power of government, and crime. The black market always fills in where legal markets are forbidden.
And you are correct that I wouldn’t use these drugs if they were legal. I haven’t had so much as a bottle of aspirin in my medicine-less cabinet in my entire adult life. I think you will find that likewise, removing prohibitions will not cause anyone to use drugs who would not seek them out under current conditions as well.
You like taxes, big government, and a loss of freedom, then the drug war is for you. It is not for me. I do not arrogate to myself the right to tell another human being how to pursue happiness, as long as they do not violate the liberty of others in said pursuit.